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Andy McDonald vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,473 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,393 different votes 1,473 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
111 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 179 shared votes
66 Aye 113 No
32 Aye 101 No
Migration 4% aligned 133 shared votes
96 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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